Screenium for Mac

User Reviews

• Frustrating to use

  jlhost12/10/2014

  Pros

  Records screens fine

  Cons

  The hot key for pause doesn't work, and you need to right click and find "stop" or "pause" in the menu to stop recording. The support is almost non-existent. There is a pdf user guide, but they don't even address how to use the editing part of the software. It's crashed a few times and I've had to restart it because it was glitchy several times too. And the trial versions with the "watermark" features a logo that bounces around the screen, getting in the way of the video. Completely unusable.

  Summary

  I'm sorry I bought this. I'm frustrated and unhappy with the product. I am glad I have Adobe Premiere Pro to edit with, at least.

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• It does everything I need, now and well into the future

  ETS18/26/2013

  Pros

  Very flexible configuration and excellent quality audio and video capture. Visualization of cursor and mouse clicks can be very useful when documenting "how to" video. User interface provides helpful hints without clutter. The video library is any folder you can select in the Finder, including network drives. The PDF manual is helpful and well organized.

  Cons

  It is complex and takes some time to learn. New users may get frustrated.

  Summary

  The very negative reviews I have seen so far are (a) for early versions; and/or (b) by users who seem to think they could just jump in and drive a complex piece of technology. Take some time to read the manual if you are a new user. Learn how to select exactly what audio you do and do not wish to capture along with the video. Also, you can configure keyboard shortcuts for several functions. If you are a power user documenting or making a training video, plan ahead so that the keyboard shortcuts you use of in your video do not conflict with the ones you want to use with Screenium while it is in recording mode (especially the Record, Stop, and Pause functions).<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Aug 26, 2013<p/>I misspoke about the video library location. It is always in the user's home "Videos" folder. The home folder can be moved but that's not something I would recommend. What I said was valid for versions 1.x. You accomplish nearly the same result through the Export function in 2.x. There you can specify any available directory.

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• Horrible experience

  Daniel Buus11/20/2012

  Pros

  It is able to capture video.

  Cons

  The interface is terribly confusing. You start out in what looks like a settings page with tabs. If you click a tab, the program seems to crash, but apparently it starts capturing. You don't know where it writes its files (and cannot control it), you don't know how to stop it (but find out eventually that it's a right-click on its icon in the dock), and then you wait while it says "embedding watermark" and hangs indefinitely untill you have to kill it from a Terminal window. If it doesn't hang there, it'll hang after a "successful" capture saying that it's an "unregistered copy" giving you two buttons two click on, Buy... or OK, both of which just say, "Boing" and do nothing. Again, you have to kill the application from a Terminal window. Great. Now I have to search for the files that it has written somewhere on my drive... But first, to uninstall this app. Btw, if your display is 800 pixels high or less (like my Macbook Pro or an 11" Air), the windows are cut off.

  Summary

  Sucks

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• Quicktime 7?

  Ondrax11/16/2011

  Pros

  It seems equipped with appropriate set of settings. It also can record audio internally, which is good when recording presentations.

  Cons

  I didn't manage to record my Keynote presentation. It requires so much VRAM that the slideshow won't play. Also, for some reason, playing the recorded movies requires Quicktime 7 which I really don't have on my Mac anymore. It's QT 10 time today...

  Summary

  So my trial wasn't a success - I didn't manage to record a keynote slideshow. Pity. I'll look further.

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• Affordable, capable, &#38; well maintained capture software

  brunerd7/12/2011

  Pros

  Great interface! Option are well laid out and easy to choose. The mouse area capture with preset sizes and title safe zone HUD while recording is nice.

  Cons

  Video compression is always a dark art, would be nice to see preview of settings, and perhaps more templates.

  Summary

  What a refreshing price compared to other products and it's updated often, in fact it's already 10.7 compatible before 10.7 has come out! Way to go, German developers are the best!

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• This is absolutely amazing.

  lolfacehead2/1/2011

  Pros

  This is a very good quality recorder, enough to satisfy me.

  Cons

  Nothing is bad about this product.

  Summary

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• had to switch to iShowU

  shishdim1/31/2011

  Pros

  it got job done for me for a while

  Cons

  a resource hog: I would have to restart as it was slowing down the cursor on my Smart Notebook application. My tutorials would get out of sync when uploading to Vimeo at some point. Had to convert them before uploading.

  Summary

  Not much time here, but I just wanted to warn others. I make online tutorials for my classes, and I bought Screenium several months ago based on good reviews I found online. It turned out to be a bad choice. It was slowing my Mac if I did too many restarts of a video, I had to convert originally created videos in QuickTime or they would show in black on Vimeo, and what finally made me give up on it and just buy iShowu HD was that my videos would get out of sync with the sound after I uploaded them online. I got tired of trying to figure this problem out and just bought iShowu a few days ago. It works like a charm. I wish I went with iShowu from the beginning. Cheers, Dmitry

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• Good enough with small errors

  Miss_Nothing_x1/1/2011

  Pros

  This is a very good app to download with good quality and simple to use!

  Cons

  I'm using iMovie and sometimes, when I've recorded something from YouTube on the app, it comes up that I've just recorded something black and it takes at least 15 - 20 mins to get it working again...

  Summary

  It's a good app but with the problem I explained, it makes it very annoying at times! Please fix it!

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• Issues with Audio Capture

  Jason200019/13/2009

  Pros

  Works well if you are creating a tutorial and want to capture your voice.

  Cons

  Tried to capture audio from a youtube clip. The video recorded perfectly. The audio is silent. The only way to capture it is via a mic (built-ins work fine), but you pick up all the background sound in the room.

  Summary

  If you want to capture video directly from an application or website, this software is not recommended. I am very disappointed because I have a project to work on and I'm out $29 US. There are several posts in their community forum and several users have the same issue despite the nonsense troubleshooting advice being offered by their Support team (i.e. erase and reinstall the software, check Sound in System Preferences, etc.). Seems like this is a known issue but the company does not appear to be forthcoming with full disclosure. I have a new mac with extra ram, etc. This software should work as described.

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• Wow! Nice!

  RayCon5/30/2009

  Pros

  Cons

  Summary

  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I saw a note on one web site that said this application had been updated. It was impetus enough to download it and give it a spin. I have been using SnapzPro X for eons, and Screenium would need to really impress if I was going to spend $29 for capabilities I already had in other software. Well, Screenium did just that. Clean, polished, intuitive, Mac-quality software, it is loaded with features and packaged well. SnapzPro X remains useful for still captures, but I am happy to acquire Screenium for my video capture needs. If Screenium were to add still capture, it would be that only tool I'd need.

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